Prior fMRI Research Would Say That New Smoking Labels Won’t Work

I talked about this briefly in my review of the book Buyology, but in the book, the author talks about an fMRI study that showed exactly the opposite. Warning labels don’t discourage smoking. Of course, the logical question is whether graphics have a different impact than words. It would be interesting to test, but I wonder if the FDA even considered this study in their analysis. And, if they did, did they not believe it?

Here’s the labels which definitely get your attention but is it like believing you’ll win the lottery…it won’t happen to me; I won’t get addicted; I’ll only smoke socially.